At Doist, we take a much more expansive view of what productivity means. We think most “best productivity apps” lists are too narrow in focus. A few caveats on how we chose the apps we recommend Read the whole app guide from start to finish or use the table of contents below to jump right to the app categories that are most interesting to you. We’ve pulled together a list of apps we recommend for building a comprehensive productivity stack in the coming year across whatever devices and platforms you use – Windows, macOS, iOS, or Android. That said, the right apps, used intentionally, can make setting up and maintaining those habits and systems much easier and more convenient (in addition to speeding up or automating away the repetitive things you do every day). What’s more important than the apps you use are the habits and systems you put in place to show up consistently and do the work. People have been accomplishing great things for Millenia without any digital assistance.
Benjamin Franklin kept track of his to-do lists quite well enough with pen and paper. Marie Curie managed to develop her theory of radioactivity without the help of Evernote.
Michaelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel without a Pomodoro timer. Let’s get one thing out of the way first: You do not need any of the apps on this list in order to be productive.
